Super Groups

Super groups are what you get when members from different bands leave their band and join with other people from different bands. They are super because if their original band was popular then supposedly the new band should be just as good if not better. Early examples of super groups include Cream, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Modern examples are Velvet Revolver and Pearl Jam. This is an excerpt from BBC News.

Zeppelin voted 'ideal supergroup'

The four members of Led Zeppelin have been voted the UK's ideal supergroup, with Robert Plant beating the late Freddie Mercury to best singer.

About 3,500 music fans were polled for Planet Rock Radio and were asked to create their fantasy band.

Jimmy Page won best guitarist, followed by Guns N' Roses' Slash and Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore.

And John Paul Jones was named top bassist, with John Bonham, who died in 1980, winning best drummer.

Presenter Trevor Dann, of Planet Rock radio, which compiled the poll, said: "This is an amazing result. Listeners could have voted for any classic rock artists when creating their fantasy supergroup."

Zeppelin's classic 1971 hit Stairway to Heaven was recently named the nation's favourite rock song of all time recently.

Here are the lists in full:

Best singer

1. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
2. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
3. Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company)
4. David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake)
5. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
6. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
7. Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow)
8. Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
9. Roger Daltrey (The Who)
10. Bono (U2)

Best guitarist

1. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
2. Slash (Guns N' Roses)
3. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. Angus Young (AC/DC)
6. Gary Moore
7. Brian May (Queen)
8. Joe Satriani
9. Steve Vai
10. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

Best bassist

1. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
2. John Entwistle (The Who)
3. Chris Squire (Yes)
4. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
5. Geddy Lee (Rush)
6. Jack Bruce (Cream)
7. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
8. Lemmy (Motorhead)
9. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
10. Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)

Best drummer

1. John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
2. Neil Peart (Rush)
3. Keith Moon (The Who)
4. Cozy Powell (Black Sabbath, Rainbow)
5. Phil Collins (Genesis)
6. Ginger Baker (Cream)
7. Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
8. Roger Taylor (Queen)
9. Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters)
10. Eric Carr (Kiss)

Well this defiantly proves what a popular band that Zeppelin was. My personnel choice of super group would be:

Vocals: Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)

Lead Guitarist: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

Rhythm Guitarist and Backing Vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles)

Bassist: Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)

Drummer: John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)

So mine’s pretty close to the most voted. Plant because he has such a great vocal range, Jimmy because he is just so musically talented. I kind of cheated putting John Lennon in but a good band should have back up guitar and he was such a great song writer. Geezer because he just has great raw punch that bass needs. And Bonham because he was the loudest drummer in England if not the world. I Just love super groups because they can be so unpredictable and fresh. Feel free to create your own super group in comments.